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Building a Greenfield Data Center

Yesterday, Mission Critical wrapped up the last part of its
three-part webinar Building a Greenfield Data Center. This project was one of
the biggest and most rewarding that I have worked on in many years, involving
about 14 speakers who prepared uncounted slides and dedicated many hours of
preparation to mount 4-1/2 hours of education presentation.

By and large, thanks to their efforts and to the work of our
corporate team, the event proceeded smoothly. The industry is lucky to have so
many dedicated individuals willing to give of their time and expertise for the
benefit of the industry. I hope that you consider their dedication when
choosing consultants and service providers. Their good efforts should be
recognized.

In addition, I want to recognize Siemens for sponsoring this
event. Without Siemens support and understanding, Mission Critical would not
have been able to bring this event to you free of charge. If you want to see
why I am so excited, I invite you to visit webinars.missioncriticalmagazine.com
and register for an archived presentation.

About a year ago, I conceived of a project that would enable
a panel of experts to trace the construction of a greenfield data center. I
knew immediately that we would need to schedule extra hours, so I convinced
management that our readers would support a multi-part series and stay long
hours watching a webinar if we provided the right content. I also told them
that industry professionals would stay on-line for more than 60 minutes at a
time.

Well, guess what? Not only did many of you watch all three
episodes in their entirety, but many of you wrote that we didn’t allow enough
time for the speakers to drill down in satisfactory depth. In fact, today I
received an email suggesting that this webinars series and others should be
used to support the Department of Energy’s Save Energy Now program as one of
its data center training courses.

I love that idea and take the suggestion as a compliment.

Mission Critical has had some significant success presenting
webinars about data centers because our readers continually demonstrate that
they will support solid programs and because industry figures like the ability
to talk to large audiences without leaving their desks.

And because these factors drive the success of webinars, I
believe that webinars have a continued future in the data center industry.

Here’s why: Webinars are more convenient and less expensive
than other methods of learning. They support multiple formats. Not only do they
save money, but they also use less energy and have less carbon emissions.

Of course, webinars have limitations. But technological
advances will eventually eliminated these limitations. Imagine future webinars
that support bring live demonstrations right to your desktop and that of 1000
others who will be able to customize their viewing devices to see simultaneous
simulations, equipment demonstrations or just hand sketches captured by the
equivalent of a smart board.

Technology will make it happen in many industries, but it
will come first where education is needed, supported, and valued. And so the
webinars has a future in the mission critical industry.

For now, we’re working on fine-tuning our topic selection.
Feel free to register for our our next webinars:

Engineered Systems magazine’s May 2020 issue examines the revitalization of air-cooled chillers in data center facilities, the viability (or lack thereof) of duct systems, the impact the coronavirus is having on the built environment, and much more.